More than two weeks after Border Patrol agents found 17 undocumented workers in a four-bedroom home, the men have disappeared into a process that lacks transparency. Some fear the government may be prioritizing deportation over investigations of possible exploitation.
More than two weeks after Border Patrol agents found 17 undocumented workers in a four-bedroom home, the men have disappeared into a process that lacks transparency. Some fear the government may be prioritizing deportation over investigations of possible exploitation.
The Department of Homeland Security recently rolled out a streamlined process for victims of or witnesses to labor abuse, such as in the recent case in Lisbon, Maine, to access immigration relief.
Workers across this country just got a big boost, and from an unlikely source: the Department of Homeland Security. How’s that? There are about 11 million unauthorised immigrants in the United States. They’re not recent arrivals in this country. A majority of them have been here for a decade or more. Many have families.